Welcome to the monarch library! Our goal is to include all peer-reviewed articles on monarch biology with links to sites that will give you the easiest direct access to each article. Please contact leslie.ries@georgetown.edu if you 1) know of an article not included, 2) find a mistake in any of the listed articles, 3) know of a better link to access an article. Thanks! With your help we can provide the most complete, informative access to all papers on monarch biology.
Library
Field Definitions
First author: Last name of the first author
Type: Article or book chapter
Year: Publication year
Source: Journal or book
Category*: Broad scope of the publication.
Research topic (monarch & supporting research only)*: Specific topic.
Geographic focus*: Geographic setting for field studies.
Monitoring data used: Data from monitoring or public data efforts.
* Full list
984 result(s)
Category: Monarch research, Population dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1995
Swengel AB. 1995. Population fluctuations of the monarch (Danaus-plexippus) in the 4th of July butterfly count 1977-1994. American Midland Naturalist 134: 205-214.
Category: Commentary or review, Migration
Type: Article
Year: 1995
Brower LP. 1995. Understanding and misunderstanding the migration of the monarch butterfly (Nymphalidae) in North America: 1857-1995. Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society 49: 304-85
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1995
Leong KLH. 1995. Initiation of mating activity at the tree canopy level among overwintering monarch butterflies in California. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 71: 66-68.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1995
Frick C, Wink M. 1995. Uptake and sequestration of ouabain and other cardiac-glycosides in Danaus-plexippus (Lepidoptera, Danaidae) - evidence for a carrier-mediated process. Journal of Chemical Ecology 21: 557-575.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1995
Brower LP, et al. 1995. On the dangers of interpopulational transfers of monarch butterflies - discussion. Bioscience 45: 540-544.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1995
Frey DF, Leong KLH. 1995. Reply to Nylin, Wickman & Wiklund regarding sex-ratios of california overwintering monarch butterflies. Animal Behaviour 49: 515-518.
Category: Monarch research, Resource use
Type: Article
Year: 1994
Sunde, R. 1994. Alternative food plants for monarch butterfly caterpillars. The Weta Vol 1: 5-6
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1994
Alonso-Mejia A, Brower LP. 1994. From model to mimic - age-dependent unpalatability in monarch butterflies. Experientia 50: 176-181.
Category: Other
Type: Article
Year: 1994
Hughes PR. 1994. Biology and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. American Entomologist 40: 59.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Article
Year: 1994
Malcolm SB. 1994. Milkweeds, monarch butterflies and the ecological significance of cardenolides. Chemoecology 5-6: 101.
Category: Monarch research, Overwinter dynamics
Type: Article
Year: 1994
Calvert WH. 1994. Behavioral response of monarch butterflies (Nymphalidae) to disturbances in their habitat: a group startle response? Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 48: 157.
Category: Monarch research, Physiology/behavior
Type: Article
Year: 1994
Larsen KJ, Lee RE. 1994. Cold tolerance including rapid cold-hardening and inoculative freezing of fall migrant monarch butterflies in Ohio. Journal of Insect Physiology 40: 859-864.
Category: Monarch research, Natural enemies
Type: Article
Year: 1994
Sakai WH. 1994. Avian predation on the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus(Nymphalidae: Danainae), at a California overwintering site. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 48: 148.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Malcolm SB. 1993. Conservation of Monarch Butterfly Migration in North America: An Endangered Phenomenon. Pages 357-362 in Malcolm SB, Zalucki MP, eds. Biology and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Los Angeles, USA: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Category: Commentary or review
Type: Book Chapter
Year: 1993
Allen MM, Snow KB. 1993. The Monarch Project: A Program of Practical Conservation in California. Pages 393-394 in Malcolm SB, Zalucki MP, eds. Biology and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Los Angeles, USA: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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Please contact leslie.ries@georgetown.edu with any additions or corrections.